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English: Two women on bicycles, August 24, 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Wilcox, William Holmes
Title
English: Two women on bicycles, August 24, 1898
Description
English: Before the 1890s, bicycle design and long skirts kept most women from joining men in the new craze for cycling. It wasn't considered proper for a women to wear short skirts or show her legs. By 1895, a number of Seattle women were taking cycling classes and wearing baggy pants called bloomers as they cycled along the city's growing network of trails.

This August 1898 photo shows two women standing by their bicycles on a path near Port Townsend. It was taken by local photographer William H. Wilcox.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Cycling; Women--Sports
Depicted place
English: Port Townsend (Wash.)
Date Taken on 24 August 1898
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w
Dimensions height: 17 cm (6.6 in); width: 25 cm (9.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,17U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,25U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
6931
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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